Synonyms for nicest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : nahys |
| Phonetic Transcription : naɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for nicest Other synonyms for the word nicest
- accurate
- admirable
- amiable
- approved
- attractive
- becoming
- befitting
- careful
- charming
- choosy
- commendable
- conforming
- considerate
- copacetic
- correct
- courteous
- critical
- cultured
- decent
- decorous
- delicate
- delightful
- discerning
- discriminating
- distinguishing
- exact
- exacting
- fastidious
- favorable
- fine and dandy
- finespun
- finical
- finicking
- finicky
- fussy
- genial
- genteel
- gentle
- gracious
- helpful
- ingratiating
- inviting
- kindly
- meticulous
- minute
- nifty
- obliging
- okay
- particular
- peachy
- persnickety
- picky
- pleasant
- pleasurable
- polite
- prepossessing
- proper
- respectable
- right
- rigorous
- scrupulous
- seemly
- simpatico
- squeamish
- strict
- subtle
- superior
- swell
- tidy
- trim
- trivial
- unpresumptuous
- virtuous
- welcome
- well-bred
- well-mannered
- winning
- winsome
Définition of nicest
Origin :- late 13c., "foolish, stupid, senseless," from Old French nice (12c.) "careless, clumsy; weak; poor, needy; simple, stupid, silly, foolish," from Latin nescius "ignorant, unaware," literally "not-knowing," from ne- "not" (see un-) + stem of scire "to know" (see science). "The sense development has been extraordinary, even for an adj." [Weekley] -- from "timid" (pre-1300); to "fussy, fastidious" (late 14c.); to "dainty, delicate" (c.1400); to "precise, careful" (1500s, preserved in such terms as a nice distinction and nice and early); to "agreeable, delightful" (1769); to "kind, thoughtful" (1830).
- "In many examples from the 16th and 17th centuries it is difficult to say in what particular sense the writer intended it to be taken." [OED]
- By 1926, it was pronounced "too great a favorite with the ladies, who have charmed out of it all its individuality and converted it into a mere diffuser of vague and mild agreeableness." [Fowler]
- "I am sure," cried Catherine, "I did not mean to say anything wrong; but it is a nice book, and why should I not call it so?""Very true," said Henry, "and this is a very nice day, and we are taking a very nice walk; and you are two very nice young ladies. Oh! It is a very nice word indeed! It does for everything." [Jane Austen, "Northanger Abbey," 1803]
- adj likable, agreeable
- adj precise, neat, refined
- Remove the fat and serve some of the nicest joints with the soup.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Linda, isn't our friendship the nicest thing that ever happened to us?
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- "I shan't either: you're the nicest aunty in the whole world," cried Raby.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- The nicest inspection could not discover any difference in the signature or seal.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- If one did not know them, one would think them the nicest men the earth could show.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- He is full of sorrow for the death of his Son, the nicest lad I ever saw.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- There I will treat you with the nicest apples and the richest cream.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- I want you and Lester to get well acquainted; he is the nicest boy you ever saw!
- Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
- Lizzie Ransom is the nicest, but I play better than she does.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- "The nicest stable of horses in the whole country," echoed Frobisher.
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
Antonyms for nicest
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